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USE OF CATEGORICAL KNOWLEDGE TO AID RECALL
Author(s) -
Bilsky Linda Hickson,
Walker N.,
Jones P.,
Scheyer Barbara,
Black M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1982.tb00124.x
Subject(s) - recall , psychology , encoding (memory) , categorical variable , cue dependent forgetting , sort , cognitive psychology , free recall , developmental psychology , computer science , machine learning , information retrieval
Recall performance of 84 mildly retarded adolescents and 84 non-retarded fourth graders was compared under various encoding conditions. The seven encoding conditions consisted of the following format-cueing combinations: simultaneous-subject cues, simultaneous-experimenter cues, sort-subjects cues, sort-experimenter cues, sequential-subject cues, sequential-experimenter cues, and sequential-no cues. Stimuli were 24 colour pictures from six categories. Results indicated generally comparable levels of performance for retarded and non-retarded subjects. However, retarded subjects were less responsive to sort and experimenter cue conditions, which led to increased recall in the non-retarded subjects. It was suggested that retrieval difficulties may be interfering with the ability of retarded individuals to utilize categorical knowledge to facilitate recall.